Philosophers of Process

by Browning, Douglas; Myers, William T.; Browing, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780823218790
• ISBN10: 0823218791
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Fordham Univ Pr

Summary

Process philosophy is fundamentally a metaphysical position. Its doctrine is that the universe is essentially to be understood not as substance and causality, as in the Cartesian tradition, but as process and creativity. Since the publication of the first edition of Philosophers of Process, interest in American Pragmatism - particularly Peirce and Dewey - has continued to grow. In addition, there is another group whose interest is more straightforwardly metaphysical. The interests of this group tend toward the works of Whitehead, Hartshorne, and sometimes Bergson and James. Between these two groups there are quite a number of philosophers interested in teaching process metaphysics on both the undergraduate and graduate level. This book is intended to fill the need for a single volume of primary texts in this area.

Table of Contents

Copyright Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
The Architecture of Theories	p. 4
The Doctrine of Necessity Examined	p. 15
The Law of Mind	p. 30
Man's Glassy Essence	p. 47
The Dilemma of Determinism	p. 54
The Stream and Consciousness	p. 79
The Problem of Novelty	p. 99
"Reason" in Philosophy	p. 107
The Four Great Errors	p. 112
Natural Piety	p. 123
The Idea of Duration	p. 140
The Possible and the Real	p. 175
Qualitative Thought	p. 192
Time and Individuality	p. 211
Existence as Precarious and Stable	p. 227
Nature, Life and Body-Mind	p. 251
Critique of Scientific Materialism	p. 274
Process	p. 289
Fact and Form	p. 297
Objects and Subjects	p. 323
The Grouping of Occasions	p. 338
The Present as the Locus of Reality	p. 349
The Genesis of the Self and Social Control	p. 371
The Development of Process Philosophy (Introduction to the first edition)	p. 391
A World of Organisms	p. 408
Chance, Love and Incompatibility	p. 428
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